Section 5.07.230 Suspension or revocation of business license

Chapter 5.07 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR BUSINESS & OCCUPATION TAXES

(1) The Director, or designee, shall have the power and authority to suspend or revoke any license issued under the provisions of this title, unless otherwise provided. The Director, or designee, shall notify such licensee in writing by certified mail of the suspension or revocation of his or her license and the grounds therefor. Any license issued under this title may be suspended or revoked based on one or more of the following grounds:

(a) The license was procured by fraud or false representation of fact.

(b) The licensee has failed to comply with any provisions of this title.

(d) The licensee is in default in any payment of any license fee or tax under this title.

(e) The licensee or employee has been convicted of a crime involving the business.

(2) Any licensee may, within twenty-one (21) days from the date that the suspension or revocation notice was mailed to the licensee, appeal from such suspension or revocation by filing a written notice of appeal ("petition") setting forth the grounds therefor with the Director. The hearing date before the city council shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures for hearing contested cases set out in this chapter. The city council shall set a date for hearing said appeal and notify the licensee by mail of the time and place of the hearing. After the hearing thereon the city council shall, after appropriate findings of fact, and conclusions of law, affirm, modify, or overrule the suspension or revocation and reinstate the license, and may impose any terms upon the continuance of the license.

No suspension or revocation of a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter shall take effect until twenty-one (21) days after the mailing of the notice thereof by the Department, and if appeal is taken as herein prescribed the suspension or revocation shall be stayed pending final action by the city council. All licenses which are suspended or revoked shall be surrendered to the City on the effective date of such suspension or revocation.

The decision of the city council shall be final. The licensee and/or the Department may seek review of the decision by the Superior Court of Washington in and for Grays Harbor County within twenty-one (21) days from the date of the decision. If review is sought as herein prescribed the suspension or revocation shall be stayed pending final action by the Superior Court.

(3) Upon revocation of any license as provided in this subchapter no portion of the license fee shall be returned to the licensee.

(6456, Added, 12/27/2007)